Drag-sawing machine



MONROE FRANK AND ALFRED DIOKISON, OF BOWLUSVILLE, OHIO.

DRAG-SAW-ING MACHINE.

part of Letters Patent No. 224,894, dated February 24, 1880.

SPECIFICATION forming Application filed October 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern: On the front of uprights d 01, below saw E, 1 Be it known that we, MONROE FRANK and are supports 19 p, on which the log (1 is placed ALFRED DIOKISON, of BowlusVille, in the and held by a hook, 4", attached to a lever, J, 5

county of Clarke and State of Ohio, have infnlcrumed at s, and provided with an edge, t,

vented a new and Improved Drag Sawing to engage ratchet a, so that when the hook r q the lever can be se- Maehine, of which the following is a speciflis drawn down on log cation. cured by causing the edge t to engage ratchet u.

- The object of our invention is to facilitate To base-plate a are fixed two supports, o, 50 the work of sawing fire-wood. on each side of the saw E, in such a position that the horizontal portions to will be immedi- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of our improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertiately under the log g on each side of the sawcal longitudinal section of the same, taken on cut and support the log as it is being sawed, line a; w of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section and thus prevent said log from squeezin g 5 of the same, taken on line y 3 of Fig. 2. against the saw-blade.

f the lever I a reciprocating n- 1 Similar letters of reference indicate corre- By means 0 sponding parts. ,1 tion is given to cross-head O, and thence to Referring to the drawings, A A are upright saw E. The operator allows the saw to bear frames supported by base-plates a a. Frames on the log g by its own weight, or presses it A A are connected by horizontal side bars, B down by means of lever F. 'When the log is B. In the inside faces of bars B B are guides sawed through, the operator raises the slide D b b, in which is held the cross-head O. In the and saw E by means of lever F, and by causside uprights, d d, of frame A are grooves d, in the lever F to engage the rack 00 the saw v in which are held the edges of slide D. can be held up while he log is being shifted E is the saw, stretched in a frame, E. In the or another one placed on supports p. upper part of frame E is a round shaft, 6, which The crank-shaft B may be run by steam or is passed through a hole, 6, in slide D, and has horse power. 7 its ends fastened to saw-frame E. The saw- Having thus fully described our invention, stock f is pivoted to the cross-bar f of the we claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 7o cross-head. A lever, F, fulcrumed at g to ters Patentframe A, is pivoted at h to slide D, so that The combination, with the saw having prosaid slide, and with it the saw, can be readily jection f and working in the vertical slide D, raised and lowered by means of said lever. having actuatinglever F, of the slide 0, pit- Cross-head O is connected by pitman Grwith man G, shaft H, having cranks z k and balcrank 11 on shaft H, which carries a balanceance-wheelj, pitman l, and lever I, fnlcrumed wheel, j, at one end, and at the opposite end at m, all constructed and arranged as shown a crank, 70, which is connected by pitman l and described. a with a lever, I, fnlcrumed at m. The power end a of lever I is on the same side and close to the power end 0 of lever F, by which the slide D and saw E are raised and lowered, so that the operator can manage both levers from the same point.

Witnesses:

J. K. ILGES, WM. M. RocKEL. 

